I thought you might like to see a nice Royal Companion from the year 1950. Originally called the Arrow, now it is your "Companion". Love the marketers. This one is clean and even the case is in nice shape. The typewriter came into the shop for the normal stuff; cleaning, back spacer not working and multiple sticking type bars. These are fun, basic machines with no ribbon color section and no tabulator. The cleaning went as expected … [Read more...]

If you will allow me to gender inanimate objects. And idolize cats, always the cats. I think of typewriters as HANDSOME and PRETTY. This always runs through my mind looking at our cat Frank. I gush "Isn't he sooo pretty!" And handsome, such a handsome boy. This L.C. Smith Standard 8 is a customer machine in for cleaning and the upper and lower case were way off. This is one HANDSOME typewriter. Stately, dude like, authoritative … [Read more...]

This customer typewriter is a Remington No. 6 Standard from the year 1896. In for a cosmetic cleaning for display. Well, yes this is a handsome beast. And it types. I love the wood type bar levers and the tall type bar basket. The side spools hold 1 and 1/2 inch wide ribbon. Look at how huge the bell clapper is compared to the bell. Enjoy the photos. s/n 10469 … [Read more...]

This is a customers 1950's Royal QDL Typewriter with Vogue Type face.  In for service. Originally shipped from Alaska April 18, 2025 via USPS, the typewriter was lost in transit as it reached the Seattle USPS hub. We helped the customer with getting a refund from USPS, and it took MONTHS. . .     And they never got the refund! Well, one day in August, a box shows up. Yep, that missing Royal typewriter from Alaska. Griffin took on … [Read more...]

This is a customer machine in for a good cleaning. Such a stately beast. Boy, this one was a dirt bucket. Lisa really cleaned it up nice. From the year 1922, this typewriter features a decimal tabulator. Look at the tab stops. One, two, three, four, five. Each corresponds to the red key tops in the front. I love the side mounted ribbon spools. I find the right side carriage return lever a bit annoying, yet the key action on … [Read more...]

This is a customer machine in for service. I work on soooo many Royal Standard typewriters. The HH series is one of my favorites. This one features Pica type face. I love the tabulator as I only need to swiftly brush the heel of my hand on the lever. This one needed a good cleaning as the tabs were sluggish and the ribbon feed kept hanging up. The only repair; a screw missing on the space bar. Types nice. HPP-6049411 … [Read more...]

We recently bought this Corona 3 portable, and the typewriter is from the year 1921. I like the older Corona machines. This one is serial number 400144. I think we'll put this in the queue for the apprentice to explore. I love the old Hollywood Typewriter Shop sticker under the carriage. Hollywood, so chic. … [Read more...]

This Corona 4 portable is a customer machine in for service. A purple and gold crackle finish, is perfect for that person attending the University of Washington. This typewriter is in very nice condition complete with the case and manual. The customer had us put PURPLE ribbon on the machine. Love it. C5A02203 … [Read more...]

I've seen plenty Royal Dreyfuss Quiet DeLuxe typewriters that are the gold metal plated anniversary edition. Well . . . in photos on the interwebs. Pretty snazzy. I've never had one actually walk into the shop until today. Our friend Ray Montgomery in Astoria ran into some nice folks who shared this gold typewriter with him. Well he got all giddy on them. Got those folks all excited about what they possessed. I'm certainly happy they … [Read more...]

Greg brought us this 1958 Vertical Script Smith-Corona for a new platen, paper rollers and a cleaning and tune up. I like how common the model that hides such type face delights. You don't see many Vertical Script type faces. I think Smith-Corona did a fine job with this one. The new platen made a huge difference in print quality and reduced niose. 5T747949X … [Read more...]